Quarter 4: Assignments and Resources

Date

What did we do that day?
Wednesday,
June 6
Finish watching Selma
FORMATIVE ASSIGNMENT: COMPLETE VIEWING QUESTIONS

Begin final exam project: Civil Rights Biography Project:


Recommended research sources:
Blackpast.org - large online reference center on African American history
MLK Jr. Institute and Education Center - encyclopedia on this site has articles on many civil rights-related topics, including people
SNCC Digital Gateway – features profiles of many SNCC activists and other civil rights leaders
New York Times article on women of the Civil Rights movement

PROJECT DUE BY THE END OF YOUR EXAM PERIOD (P.3: THURSDAY 6/14, P.7: MONDAY 6/18)
Tuesday,
June 5
Continue watching Selma
Continue working on viewing question:
GoogleDoc version of //Selma// questions
Monday,
June 4
Begin watching Selma

GoogleDoc version of //Selma// questions
Friday,
June 1
Begin new unit: How can individual citizens work to change their society? - The Civil Rights movement


ASSIGNMENT: COMPLETE TWO WORKSHEETS BASED ON MLK READING
Tuesday,
May 29
Project due today: Share with a classmate and complete Peer Project Review form
Course feedback form (for seniors)
Topics for final project?
Friday,
May 25
Project work time: Putting final product together (essay, slideshow, poster)

PROJECT DUE ON TUESDAY, MAY 29
Wednesday,
May 23
Project work time: Work on organization of information (Step 4):
Tuesday,
May 22
Project work time: SHOW ME EVIDENCE OF STEP 2 (RESEARCH QUESTIONS/GATHERED INFO) AND STEP 3 (ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY)

Start organization of information (Step 4):
Monday,
May 21
Project work time: SHOW ME EVIDENCE OF STEP 2 (RESEARCH QUESTIONS/GATHERED INFO) AND STEP 3 (ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY)
Friday,
May 18
Project work time: Continue Step 2 (research plan/find info) and start on Step 3 (annotated bibliography)

Tuesday,
May 15
Project work time: Be working on Step 2 (developing your research plan and finding info): SHOW ME YOUR PROGRESS ON THIS STEP BY FRIDAY, MAY 18
Monday,
May 14
Intervention quiz (for Period 7 only)

Work on research project:

Friday,
May 11
PERIOD 3: Intervention quiz
Begin research project:

PERIOD 7:
Finish presentation on U.S. intervention in Afghanistan

Work on preparing study guide for QUIZ ON MONDAY (P.7)

Wednesday,
May 9
PERIOD 3: Finish presentation on U.S. intervention in Afghanistan

Work on preparing study guide for QUIZ ON FRIDAY (P.3) OR NEXT MONDAY (P.7)

Tuesday,
May 8
Present on recent cases of military intervention:

Modern warfare review questions:
Quiz study guide:
Tuesday,
May 1
Report out on CIA Threat Assessment simulation
Begin looking at cases of U.S. intervention in the last 25 years
Graphic organizer:
Somalia:
Rwanda:
Kosovo:
Afghanistan:
Monday,
April 30
Finish creating "Levels/methods of intervention" spectrum
CIA Threat Assessment simulation
Group threat analysis document:
Friday,
April 27
Levels of Intervention:
Airstrike video: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000005843862/endure-aerial-attack-syria.html
Wednesday,
April 25
Review worksheet on Syria
Polling on American opinion on Syria
Trump on Syria: 2013 vs. Today
Tuesday,
April 24
Current event related to our big unit topic: Intervention in Syria

GoogleDoc lesson plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G8hWDNKF-0845lDVGCziHcVAL4zfXXobIT0yw27Z37E/edit?usp=sharing

Map of Syria and region: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2013/11/2011_Syria_MapEN.jpg

Video on Syrian Civil War: https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2017-18/042318.html
You will have to log in to this site to view the video
  • Click “Log In”
  • Click “I am a Student”
  • Your classroom password: Eagles207
  • Scroll down to video: “The Syrian Civil War”

Optional video: Step into a refugee camp (video is just to the left of the previous video): https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2017-18/042318.html

Video: U.S. condemns chemical weapons attack in Syria: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pbs-ingest/newshour/20170404_Whatweknow.mp4

Video: ABC News report on recent U.S. airstrikes in Syria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibolWhRxLIo
Monday,
April 23
Finish Intervention Ideology chart
Review Intervention Ideology Vocab:
Intervention ideologies reflection questions:
Monday,
April 9
Discuss new unit theme: "When Should the United States Use Military Intervention?"
GoogleDoc version of Unit Brainstorm Questions

GoogleDoc version of Intervention Ideology Vocab Chart
GoogleSlide version of Intervention Ideology vocabulary definitions